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Coronavirus: A psychological test for all confined people

This period can generate anxiety for some or take for others, a time offered to change rhythm and daily routine. The exercise of imposed confinement can cause post traumatic stress which must be dealt with at the end of this very particular period.


We are now close to one billion people worldwide to be confined. The number should increase and already specialists and other psycho-practitioners are wondering about the consequences on the mind and on social behavior of this imposed confinement.
In this regard, scientific studies on the psychic effects of this period are published. One of them is a national survey carried out in China during the containment of populations.
China which had to undergo the propagation of the Coronavirus and which without waiting to impose in 36 provinces, forty.
This study reveals that 35% of those questioned had Post Traumatic Stress
The people with the highest level of stress are women, individuals between the ages of 18 and 30, also people over the age of 60.

What these studies reveal

The stress observed depends first of all on the duration of the confinement. Combined studies show that after 10 days, stress increases. Boredom is another stressor during this time.
Diet and alcohol consumption can also be modified during confinement and indirectly lead to a change in behavior inside the family unit.
If the generation of undue stress by confinement is a reality for many individuals, these studies demonstrate, however, that it is important to set up support networks for individuals and families. Telephone hotlines to reassure. Support from
proximity for the most vulnerable groups in order to treat and anticipate the onset of mental disorders which seem today inevitable.

On the question :

“Will this confinement have an impact, in one way or another, on our habits and our relationship to the other?” The written response of the Guadeloupe anthropologist Raymond Otto

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